Carter County Veterans Memorial, Van Buren, MO
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N 36° 59.718 W 091° 00.875
15S E 676675 N 4096193
Original erected as a WWI Memorial, then WWII and Korea add as time passed and history continued to move and not improve.
Waymark Code: WM4ACQ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2008
Views: 17
Location of Memorial: Main St. & Oliver St., courthouse lawn, Van Buren.
Monument Text:
In Memory of
Our Soldier Boys who lost
Their Lives in World War
of 1917
William Thomas Main
Charles O. Marchbank
Oscar Marchbank
George L. Shiffler
Ed. Morler
J. L. Kinnard
Charles E. McSpadden
Leslie Morlan
Walter Stucker
Charles A. Bounds[Added Later on each side:]
Veterans of World War II
Asie Boyer
David L. Strucker
Robert L. Randolph
Donald Davis
Chester F. Rodgers
John Lane
Leon A. Bollinger
Gilbert L. Farris
Gordon Rose
Alonzo Robertson
Lloyd F. Griffin
David Blue
John Levengood
Cecil F. Moss
Milton W. Wilson
Norman E. Roy
Luin W. Sartin
Hardy Robertson
[Added later on back panel.]
Veterans of Korean War
Ray Murphy
Topel C. Fox
Thomas H. Campbell
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korean War.
In Honor Of: Our Soldier Boys Who Lost Their Lives in World War or 1917.
Marker Text:
See above.
Who Put it Here?: Erected by the Citizens of Carter County.
Description of Memorial:
Black marble base with the image of a World War I American Soldier at ease. Flag pole, and encircle with pink marble stones. Originally a WWI memorial, with the World War II losses added to the sices and Korean War added to the back of the base.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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